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Woke at 8am after 5 hours sleep and enjoyed the usual breakfast before venturing to Zaanse Schans. Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam near Zaandijk in the municipality of Zaanstad in the province of North Holland. It has a collection of well preserved historic windmills and houses.We caught Bus 91 at a small cost of 10 Euro for the 4 of us …

... denied champagne. But I got over it. Mimi and I were seated next to each other, and mom and dad were together two rows in front of us. They brought out an extremely tasty shrimp appetizer! Then they brought blue cheese salad and coconut Thai soup, I didn't really care for either. I also didn't much care for my appetizer, both Mimi and I wished we had got the short ribs. The desert was ice cream Sunday and was very good! After dinner I laid down ...

We left Brussels at 7.30 am and headed out onto the motorway (cars travelling at 130 km /hour). After about two and a half hours we were in Holland. The drive into Amsterdam was lovely through very interesting and picturesque countryside. The tour guide gave a detailed explanation about the geography and the fact that the land is below sea level and how the Dutch have built dykes and water channels in order to give themselves more land. ...

... it and checked in to the Stayokay right next to Vondelpark. The first observation one makes about the city is not the multiple "coffee" shops but the thousands and thousands of bikes locked to every pole, fence and nook. Not to mention the hundreds ou are dodging as they pretty much have priority over cars and people. To get acquainted with the city we took a blue boat canal tour. It took us all around highlighting ...

... there. It's full of beautiful Blue Delft ceramics, some as much as €2000. Mom picks out a few things she likes, the lady packs them for us and we head out to explore the town. This time of year is not their big tourist season here.

It's cold while we wait for the bus to return to the train station but some guy on the street tells us it's another hour to wait and we should just walk. 10 minutes, he says. We walk but it's a mile and 30 minutes for ...